Actually, it's because Columbus was so directionally challenged that when he found the Americas, he thought he'd landed in India. And people still celebrate this guy as some sort of legend of exploration; hilarious, isn't it?

Partially true. Certain white populations have historically been treated just as badly as the US treated their slaves, usually by other white people; most notably the Celts of Scotland, Wales and Ireland under the reign of Edward I (Edward the Confessor, Edward de Longshanks). While such persecution is not currently…